You ask whether certain information is subject to required public disclosure under chapter
552 of the Government Code. Your request was assigned ID# 130539.

The Tarrant County Sheriff's Department (the "department") received a request for "any
information of call, dates, times and nature" regarding a particular address. You contend that
the requested information is excepted from disclosure under section 552.101 of the
Government Code.

Section 552.101 protects "information considered to be confidential by law, either
constitutional, statutory, or by judicial decision," including information coming within the
common-law right to privacy. Industrial Found. v. Texas Indus. Accident Bd., 540 S.W.2d
668 (Tex. 1976), cert. denied, 430 U.S. 931 (1977). Common-law privacy protects
information if it is highly intimate or embarrassing, such that its release would be highly
objectionable to a reasonable person, and it is of no legitimate concern to the public. Id.
at 683-85.

We generally agree with your contention that where an individual's criminal history
information has been compiled by a governmental entity, the information takes on a character
that implicates the individual's right to privacy. See United States Dep't of Justice v.
Reporters Comm. for Freedom of the Press, 489 U.S. 749 (1989). Similarly, open records
decisions issued by this office acknowledge this privacy interest. See Open Records Decision
Nos. 616 (1993), 565 (1990). In this instance, however, the requestor has not asked that the
sheriff compile any particular individual's criminal history. Rather, the requestor merely seeks
records pertaining to all calls made by the department to a particular address. We conclude,
therefore, that an individual's right to privacy is not implicated in this instance. Because you
have raised no other exception to required public disclosure, we conclude that the department
must release all of the requested records in their entirety, with the following exceptions.

Section 552.130(a)(1) of the Government Code requires that the department withhold
"information [that] relates to . . . a motor vehicle operator's or driver's license or permit
issued by an agency of this state." Additionally, section 552.130(a)(2) requires the
withholding of information relating to "a motor vehicle title or registration issued by an
agency of this state." Accordingly, the department must withhold these types of information
contained in the documents at issue.

This letter ruling is limited to the particular records at issue in this request and limited to the
facts as presented to us; therefore, this ruling must not be relied upon as a previous
determination regarding any other records or any other circumstances.

This ruling triggers important deadlines regarding the rights and responsibilities of the
governmental body and of the requestor. For example, governmental bodies are prohibited
from asking the attorney general to reconsider this ruling. Gov't Code § 552.301(f). If the
governmental body wants to challenge this ruling, the governmental body must appeal by
filing suit in Travis County within 30 calendar days. Id. § 552.324(b). In order to get the full
benefit of such an appeal, the governmental body must file suit within 10 calendar days.Id.
§ 552.353(b)(3), (c). If the governmental body does not appeal this ruling and the
governmental body does not comply with it, then both the requestor and the attorney general
have the right to file suit against the governmental body to enforce this ruling. Id.
§ 552.321(a).

If this ruling requires the governmental body to release all or part of the requested
information, the governmental body is responsible for taking the next step. Based on the
statute, the attorney general expects that, within 10 calendar days of this ruling, the
governmental body will do one of the following three things: 1) release the public records;
2) notify the requestor of the exact day, time, and place that copies of the records will be
provided or that the records can be inspected; or 3) notify the requestor of the governmental
body's intent to challenge this letter ruling in court. If the governmental body fails to do one
of these three things within 10 calendar days of this ruling, then the requestor should report
that failure to the attorney general's Open Government Hotline, toll free, at 877/673-6839.
The requestor may also file a complaint with the district or county attorney. Id.
§ 552.3215(e).

If this ruling requires or permits the governmental body to withhold all or some of the
requested information, the requestor can appeal that decision by suing the governmental
body. Id. § 552.321(a); Texas Department of Public Safety v. Gilbreath, 842 S.W.2d 408,
411 (Tex. App.-Austin 1992, no writ).

If the governmental body, the requestor, or any other person has questions or comments
about this ruling, they may contact our office. Although there is no statutory deadline for
contacting us, the attorney general prefers to receive any comments within 10 calendar days
of the date of this ruling.